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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!
'BradCast' 3/30/2017: (Guest: Salon's Heather 'Digby' Parton)
03-30-2017 (54.26 MB)
So, what now? What next? Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban was blocked for the foreseeable future by a federal judge in Hawaii. His border wall, if it ever actually gets built, won't be paid for by Mexico, apparently, but by U.S. tax-payers. His attempt to repeal and replace ObamaCare went down in flames. His attempt roll back Obama's climate legacy is already facing its first legal challenges on a number of fronts and in a number of courts. But he and Congressional Republicans say massive reform of the Tax Code will be next and, in hopes of getting some Democrats on board, the Administration has been floating the idea of a massive infrastructure bill, perhaps to go with it. But is Trump's version of a 'Grand Bargain' to bring Republicans and Democrats together to accomplish this next scheme any more viable than his previous ones? (Or more viable than when Obama tried, but failed, at something similar?) And does it help that Trump attacked both Democrats and the far-right Congressional Freedom Caucus today? The great Heather Digby Parton joins us to discuss all of the above, and a bit more, including the hypocrisy of Trump's attorneys trying to block a sexual harassment-related lawsuit against a sitting President, an explantion for Ivanka Trump's 'new' role in the Administration, and whether Senate Democrats can or will successfully filibuster to keep Judge Neil Gorsuch from being confirmed to the GOP's stolen U.S. Supreme Court seat, as vacated by the death of Antonin Scalia more than one year ago.
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